The Piano Man Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Dear all, I still own a few Yamaha EMT10s. Great little half rack with nice bright pianos that cut through live. I actually quite like the acoustic bass sound as well. However, you cannot do any zoning/setups etc. Does anyone know if these EMT10 sounds feature in a Yamaha rack module of the time? TG55? Or something else? Obviously, I could buy a Motif rack but suspect that will be a different soundset. Finally, I could buy a decent controller keyboard and zone to the EMT10 that way. However, I think I would prefer doing it through a rack as I already own loads of keyboards. Quite like playing an old Roland EP7 with semi weighted action. Sometimes the older gear just works for a particular purpose! Cheers Quote Kurzweil PC3x Technics SX-P50 Korg X3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan_evett Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 One of my students had a pair of EMT10s for his gigging setup, circa 1990. These used AWM technology - Yamaha's earliest PCM sampling tech.. The larger AWM piano module at that time was a TX-1P (1 rack space, vs. 1/2 for the EMT10 - which was more a tabletop module that I recall being rackable with an adapter). I still have a TX-1P, purchased in 1987. 34 years ago, its sound was state of the art for affordable digital piano tones. I preferred it over the Kurzweil K1000 (AX-Plus piano exp. module) or Roland MKS-20. The TG-55 uses AWM2 technology, the next step for Yamaha; and with additional development it's still in use now. Much as I liked the TX-1P, AWM2 eventually led me to use of a P50m piano module - which was followed by a TG-500 module (similar, but with a large library of synth, orchestral and electro-mechanical imitations), then Motif/S-series gear. There might've been other early AWM gear in addition to the EMT10 and TX-1P, but if so I'm not familiar with it. Though I do recall that Yamaha used AWM in some of their early drum/percussion machines. Quote 'Someday, we'll look back on these days and laugh; likely a maniacal laugh from our padded cells, but a laugh nonetheless' - Mr. Boffo. We need a barfing cat emoticon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Piano Man Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 Great response, thanks for that! A most helpful rundown! Will do some searching. Cheers! Quote Kurzweil PC3x Technics SX-P50 Korg X3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Thanks for the memories of my first module! Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Piano Man Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 Thanks for the memories of my first module! Cheers, Mike. Nice choice! I have three of them. I still really like the piano sound for live work. It cuts through well. Polyphony is tight but you can hook up a couple of the modules to extend the polyphony. Apparently Rick Wakeman used these for years. Perhaps he still owns one. Quote Kurzweil PC3x Technics SX-P50 Korg X3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stgermain Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 I paired one of these with my DX11 to finally get a decent piano sound in the early 90s, loved it! I thought I saw EMT10s among gear that Rick put upfor sale recently. Quote Nord Stage 3 https://www.facebook.com/MisterSuperJuice/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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